ATEC eyes Southeast Asian market with new training modules
We've also been eyeing the Southeast Asian market, mainly due to our liking of laksa.
CATO, ATEC score government funding for wholesalers and operators
Take the sting out of paying tax by scoring government funding. Now you can experience 'what comes around goes around.'
ATEC celebrates 50 years at Meeting Place 2022
This milestone means the Australian Tourism Export Council is halfway to getting a letter from the King! Let's hope he f...
ATEC calls for working holiday solution to skills shortage
The Australian Tourism Export Council has sounded the alarm about skills shortages plaguing the tourism industry and has...
CATO reveals new board as membership reaches all-time high
The only thing at an all-time high in Travel Weekly's office is going to be our electricity bill due to our insistence o...
Albo officially names Don Farrell as Australia’s new Tourism Minister
Nothing like an awkward selfie with the PM to kick off your stint as Tourism Minister. Here's everything you need to kno...
“The new ministry is well informed and ready to support tourism’s future”: Peak industry bodies welcome Australia’s new PM
Travel Weekly's editor spent her Sunday morning shushing the cheering crowd at Marrickville Library as Albo posed out th...
ATEC tickled pink with Labor Party tourism funding promise
As professional journalists, we at Travel Weekly remain completely unbiased when it comes to political matters. However,...
Australian border re-opens today but the industry has concerns
Finally! After 23 months the border is back open and with it you can expect to see British backpackers polluting pubs an...
‘It’s our best shot for travel’: Tourism Australia launches vaccination campaign
Keen to add to the groundswell of support for getting more jabs in arms and reducing vax hesitancy? Here are some slick ...
Austrade updates next round of travel agent support program
Wondering when round two payments are due to start appearing in bank accounts? All is revealed here.
Aussie tourism leader pens open letter to PM calling for “urgent clarity” on reopening international border
A senior industry figure has written to ScoMo. However, it's yet to be confirmed whether they opted for a fountain pen o...
Federal government assembles expert panel to help drive tourism industry’s recovery
The government has channelled its inner Justice League to unite five tourism experts for a good old-fashioned brainstorm...
Next round of travel agent support program opens
Grab all your supporting docs and a calculator and head to the Austrade website, because the government’s second fundi...
Locally-developed ‘digital health passport’ could unlock Australia’s international border gates
Border closures and hotel quarantine could soon become things of the past for Australia, if this new piece of travel tec...
Tour operators need JobKeeper support until international borders reopen: ATEC
Peter Shelley has given ScoMo a bit of a nudge to provide some clarity around the future of JobKeeper. However, it’s u...
CATO, CLIA and ATEC unite to chart post-COVID course
While the accompanying photo highlights the lack of diversity amongst the industry associations' leaders, there's no dou...
ATEC slams federal government’s “unrealistic” view on Australia’s tourism recovery
ATEC managing director Peter Shelley has taken aim at the federal government's approach to reviving Australia's tourism ...